Laura Montoya Hons 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor María Hernández-Ojeda …
Month: May 2017
Rafid Amin HONS 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor Hernández-Ojeda Milton Wolff Personal Statement Milton Wolff first caught my eye when I watched the documentary The Good Fight (1984) with classmates in our Spanish Civil War in Literature, Film and Art course, led by Professor Maria Hernandez-Ojeda. We watched the documentary fairly early into the semester…
Cassidy Kristal-Cohen HONS2011j Hunter College-CUNY Prof. Hernandez-Ojeda Abraham Osheroff: A life of activism and exuberance Personal Statement In my studies of the Spanish Civil War, I frequently found myself making comparisons to what had occurred thirty years later in Nicaragua, during the Sandinista era. The similarities between the two events are striking,…
Alyssa Fernandes HONS 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor Hernández-Ojeda Charles A. Barr Personal Statement Before this year I had never heard of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and was surprised to discover that these incredible stories, not yet 100 years old, were not shared more frequently. When tasked with researching the life of one Abraham Lincoln…
Sarah Elnewishy HONS 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor Hernández-Ojeda Sidney Vogel Personal Statement In my search for a volunteer to focus my research on, I came across hundreds of individuals with varying occupations and participation in the Spanish Civil War. What drew me to Dr. Sidney Vogel was his passion and dedication to caring for…
Kelly Schmaeling HONS 2011J Professor Hernández-Ojeda Hunter College-CUNY Introduction I came across Emma Goldman’s name while looking for women writers in the Spanish Civil War. While I found many famous male fiction and nonfiction writers (Hemingway, Hughes and Orwell, etc.) that reported on and wrote about the war, there were…
Sylvia Scahill Hons 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor María Hernández-Ojeda John Gates: An American Communist There are many ways to study and narrate history. Some people see the world as a succession of wars or great leaders, some see it through cultural and social evolution, some say narrative histories are dangerous and only historical materialism is…
Hannah Ellerbeck HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernàndez-Ojeda Benjamin Iceland Personal Statement As a vibrant, passionate, young college graduate, Benjamin Iceland’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War interested me greatly due to our similar age and upbringing. Though he was born 86 years before I was, his life as…
Raymi Echavarría Final Essay HONS 2011J Professor Hernández-Ojeda Personal Statement Some notable literature and film of American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War depict issues of race and gender as non-existent in Spain and show the war as being one that indefinitely united those on the left. Because the Republican side…
Joshwald Martinez HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Archie Brown Personal Statement It was quite daunting to begin writing this paper. A voice of fear told me that I had better make this perfect. Having studied the Spanish Civil War this semester, I have come to realize that the way one tells a story impacts…